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Advocacy Blog
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Federal Court Halts FL Barriers to Voter Registration Drives
The Aug. 29 Miami Herald reports that
Third-party groups such as the Florida League of Women Voters, which had stopped voter registration drives because of stiff fines for violations, are back in business, thanks to a federal judge in Miami.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz on Monday deemed unconstitutional a state voter registration law that affected nonpartisan groups -- but not political parties registered in Florida.
Seitz issued a preliminary injunction to stop the state from enforcing the law and rejected the state of Florida's bid to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the league and others last spring.
See related stories in the OMB Watcher here and here
Posted by Kay Guinane
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